SD-WAN TRENDS FOR SMBs

SD-WAN adoption IS ACCELERATING

An IDC Infographic, Sponsored by Kinetic Business by Windstream

58%

60%

of surveyed businesses will be deploying SD-WAN services within 1 year.

indicated preference to deploy SD-WAN with an incumbent service provider.

Top factors in adopting SD-WANFlexibility in bandwidth management

Lower WAN transport costs

Choice of different connectivity technologies

IT management (e.g., security, access) and large file transfers use cases will benefit most from SD-WAN deployment.

Source: IDC 2017 Enterprise Survey

Security ranks as a top functionality in migrating to an SD-WAN solution

Security is top of mind for

small and medium businesses, with

38% of small businesses and

55% of medium businesses

naming Better Internet Security as their

top technology investment priority.

Source: SMB Emerging Services Survey 2017, n=502

SD-WAN simplifies control and managementof Hybrid WAN

Application-defined intelligent path selection across WAN links (MPLS, broadband internet, LTE, etc.) based on policies defined on the SD-WAN controller

Flexible and agile policy definition across all dimensions (security, performance, CoS, reliability, availability) for all apps

Dynamic application policy and traffic management leveraging the central controller

Adoption of SD-WAN Drives Positive Business Results

55%

54%

47%

39%

30%

22%

16%

9%Reducing Operational Costs

% Improvement in Past 3 Years

WAN Innovators

WAN Slow MoversImproving Revenue Growth

Improving Employee Productivity

Reducing Time to Market forNew Products and Services

37%of small businesses said faster broadband accessis a top technology investment priority in the next 12 months.

Source: SMB Emerging Services Survey 2017, n=502

SD-WAN addresses top pain pointsfor today’s WAN:

SD-WAN meets these needs through:

Service level consistency

Provisioning speed

Cost of growing the network

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2

3

4

5

Greater flexibility and efficiency by assigning bandwidth to applications based on priority

Secure data traffic for all applications, including broadband internet and LTE in addition to MPLS

Increased customer engagement owing to application reliability, availability, performance, and security

Reduced application delivery costs today and accounting for future application traffic profile change and growth

Improved branch IT and business agility and efficiency using automated and agile provisioning of services

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